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Auction Info

Auction Name
American Fine Art & Decorative Arts: Incl. Washington Family Lots
Auction Date
10/29/2024 - 10/29/2024
Sale Number
#102924
Total Lots
18
Sold Lots
6
Lots Sold
33.33%
Unsold Lots
12
Total Sales (USD)
6,922.50
Low Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
5,100.00
High Estimate of Lots Sold (USD)
8,300.00
Low Estimate of All Lots (USD)
27,500.00
High Estimate of All Lots (USD)
44,900.00
Total Sales as a % of High Est.
15.42%

Top twenty five by sale price

Lot Number Author Name Book Title Year Published Estimate Actual Price
4054

GEORGE WASHINGTON'S WATERMARKED WRITING PAPER, MANUFACTURED IN PENNSYLVANIA, 18TH CENTURY, FRAMED

18TH CENTURY USD 3,000.00 - 5,000.00 USD 3,575.00
4048 AFTER GEORGE CATLIN, AMERICAN 1796-1872,

BUFFALO HUNT UNDER THE WHITE WOLF SKIN; BUFFALO BULL GRAZING and BUFFALO HUNT CHASE

USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 1,560.00
4051 JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER, AMERICAN 1834-1903,

DROUET, SCULPTEUR, 1859

1859 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 650.00
4052 JAMES ABBOTT MCNEILL WHISTLER, AMERICAN 1834-1903,

GANTS DE SUEDE, 1890

1890 USD 400.00 - 600.00 USD 585.00
4071 AFTER WILLIAM HAMILTON ; ENGRAVED BY PETER SIMON, BRITISH, 1751-1802 BRITISH, CIRCA 1764-1813,

SHAKSPEARE (SIC) MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING (ACT IV, SCENE I)

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 325.00
4072 AFTER. R. WESTALL ENGRAVED T. GAUGAIN, ENGLISH ,

SHAKESPEARE CYMBELINE - THE FOREST AND CAVE .. IMOGENE IN BOYS CLOTHES (SHAKESPEARE CYMBELINE, ACT III, SCENE VI), Stipple engraving on wove paper, Sheet: 26 x 20 in. (66

USD 300.00 - 600.00 USD 227.50
4249 VINCE LOMBARDI

VINCE LOMBARDI AUTOGRAPH GREEN BAY PACKERS CHECK,

1959 USD 400.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
4247 STEPHEN KING.

CARRIE' FIRST EDITION,

1974 USD 300.00 - 400.00 Not Sold
4246 DAVID A. CLOUGH

CIVIL WAR DIARY OF PRIVATE DAVID A. CLOUGH, 15TH VERMONT VOLUNTEERS, JANUARY TO JULY 1863 WITH EPHEMERA

1863 USD 400.00 - 600.00 Not Sold
4245

MEMOIRS OF MRS. COGHLAN... BEING INTERSPERSED WITH ANCEDOTES OF THE LATE AMERICAN AND FRENCH WAR. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 2 VOLUMES. 1794

1794 USD 600.00 - 800.00 Not Sold
4244 FREDERICK BEERS.

ATLAS OF LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK. FIRST EDITION. 1873

1873 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 Not Sold
4243

SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS #27 (DC, 1940)

1940 USD 300.00 - 500.00 Not Sold
4242

NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR COMICS #1940 (DC, 1940)

1940 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
4241

WORLD'S BEST COMICS #1 (DC, 1941)

1941 USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 Not Sold
4240

ALL-STAR COMICS #1, SUMMER ISSUE (DC, 1940)

1940 USD 700.00 - 900.00 Not Sold
4239

SUPERMAN ACTION COMICS #19 (DC, 1939)

1939 USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 Not Sold
4238

SUPERMAN COMIC #4, SPRING EDITION (DC, 1940)

1940 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
4237

BATMAN #1 COMIC, SPRING 1940, CGC GRADED 1.0

1940 USD 15,000.00 - 25,000.00 Not Sold

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